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Completely pointless ‘Mission: Impossible’ VFX clip showcases the insanity of Tom Cruise

You've got to hand it to Cruise, he's committed.

Tom Cruise is widely known as one of the few actors in Hollywood who goes to insane lengths when doing his own stunts. While it is impressive, a clip shared on Twitter shows just how far he will go while also hilariously demonstrating the seemingly pointless VFX used in the scene.

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The shared clip comes from the fifth film in the Rogue Nation. It shows Cruise’s character, Ethan Hunt, clinging onto the side of an airplane as it takes off from a runway. While most would have thought the scene to be created with a prop plane and a simple green screen behind Cruise, that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Yes. The Top Gun: Maverick star actually clung onto the side of a plane while it took off — and some man filmed it. And while that’s cool and all, it begs the question, what was the point of adding visual effects to that scene?

From what we can tell, all that really changes is that there’s a slightly darker filter that makes the colors a bit more prominent and the cord connecting Cruise to the plane has been edited out. Aside from that, the scene remains largely unchanged.

Twitter s commended Cruise for his commitment to the scene with many being in awe of the fact that it wasn’t all just CGI.

The Mission: Impossible films are filled with scenes of Tom Cruise just doing insane stunts like this — the man even scaled the side of the Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, of which the first part is set to release July 14, 2023.


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Jordan is a freelance writer who has been featured in a number of publications. He has a Masters in Creative Writing and loves telling that to anyone who will listen. Aside from that he often spends time getting lost in films, books and games. He particularly enjoys fantasy from The Legend of Zelda to The Lord of the Rings.